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Well its now over a week we are on lockdown here. I’m amazed, there is no longer any smog over Livigno, i know we are in the mountains and the air is cleaner here but there is always a layer of smog over the village, caused by the oil fired boilers in the houses. youContinua a leggere “No smog”

Sod all the doom and gloom, here are some lovely pet photos to cheer you up!

Well it’s Sunday now, a week that Lombardy is on lockdown, last week people were arriving, excited about their holidays (not many people though) only to have to leave that night or early the next morning. Yesterday it snowed a bit and there was nobody at all around. It is quite eerie, like a ghostContinua a leggere “Sunday 15th”

It’s become a habit to look at worldometers ( https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/ ) every day… not a good idea, my friend showed it to me… now its like catnip i can’t NOT look at it! Just looked, not good, today too many people dying in Italy. It’s scary and upsetting, these numbers are someone’s granny, someone’s momContinua a leggere “Worldometers”

Livigno It’s now 4 days that Livigno is on Lockdown, its a strange situation, it feels like we have gone back 30 years to when the passes were closed for a large part of the winter.  Now there are mainly the residents, no tourists now, just  families playing with their kids, people rediscovering Livigno.  HereContinua a leggere “Livigno lockdown”

Livigno during the winter we leave the villa, Ringo our horse, the goats and sheep’s and chickens in the capable hands of our guardians and we spend our time up in Livigno, the ski resort in northern Italy where giulio is from. Livigno 1816 mts above sea level – famous for alpine skiing and alsoContinua a leggere “Our Winter”

Livigno is a little paradise compared to many other places now, today we talked to our friend who lives in Pavia how things were there, people are scared, she doesn’t go out of the apartment block where she lives without a mask on, which incidentally was a present because you cant buy them anymore! OneContinua a leggere “Italy under lockdown”